My little 16 year old cousin is following in his uncle's footsteps
despite my repeated attempts to steer him in the direction of a career
that takes advantage of his genius.

The Sydney based school where he is doing his elementary training has
both the C152 and PA38 on offer and he is after advice on which
aircraft will give him more options and perhaps better training. I have
no idea. Any thoughts from people here would be appreciated.

I dont think there is a big advantage in either. I did my training in a
150/2 and found no problems. Its a proven and trusted little
aircraft.The Piper is probably a bit more gentle in a stall than the
cessna. The piper also has the advantge of the lower wing so finding
the runway when turning final is alot less hard. All the basic trainers
have the same basic principles. Get your cousin into the books big
time. Read Read Read. Then once his lessons come around he will be up
to speed. Also get him onto the flightsim, download the exact trainer
and the scenery for the airport. He can do circuit after circuit and
follow all the checklists from pre start to shutdown. It realy does
work I was lucky enough to solo in 5.9 hours. Mick

Ps he may want to check rec.aviation .student. Its a good news group.
Or he can just come here and talk to the guys who are more than happy
to help.

Jeremy wrote:

Either will do the trick, but my favourite is the 152. They just don't
come easier to fly than the 150/152. IMHO

Ric

Ric wrote:

Unless the lad happens to be more than 185cm or so tall, in which case
he'll only be able to make aileron turns in a 152.

I'm 194cm and I'm looking at having to shell out the $45 a lesson extra
that 172's cost because my knees foul the yoke in a 152 and prevent me
getting my feet on the rudder pedals properly, while the narrowness and
depth of the footwell and the action of the pedals prevent me doing what
I do in a car; splay my knees out to the side, around the wheel...

"Jeremy" wrote in message
news:Jeremy.2iowk8@flight_org...

When I started flying it was in Warriors but work intervened and I
re-started later in Tommys.

IK wrote:

195cm, what are you doing flying, you should be playing basketball..

Ric

On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:38:39 +1100, "SR20GOER"
aopa.com.au> wrote:

Ric wrote:

Hi Jeremy. I posted a reply here matey:
http://flight.org/forums/showthread.php?t=289322
Sorry it's so long...

M.